As Coronavirus Fears Grow, Doctors and Nurses Face Abuse, Attacks; Nurses Told Not Wear Scrubs Outside of Hospital Due to Abuse Over Coronavirus Fears

By Washington Post. It’s hard enough being a doctor in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But Sanjibani Panigrahi, a psychiatrist at a government hospital in western India, now finds her own neighbors turning against her.

“We are sure you have corona,” one woman recently shrieked at her, she says, — part of a torrent of abuse from residents at her apartment complex. “We will not allow you in the building.”

In some cities, health-care workers are earning standing ovations for the long, life-risking hours they’re putting in to battle the coronavirus. But in others, they’re facing discrimination and even attacks. (Read more from “As Coronavirus Fears Grow, Doctors and Nurses Face Abuse, Attacks” HERE)

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NSW Nurses Told Not Wear Scrubs Outside of Hospital Due to Abuse Over Coronavirus Fears

By ABC News. Nurses and midwives across NSW are being told to not wear their scrubs outside hospital in the wake of several healthcare workers reporting being assaulted and spat on by members of the public.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard today lambasted the “unacceptable” behaviour of people who abused medical professionals because they believed they were spreading coronavirus. . .

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NMA) reported workers were being told by hospital administrators to not wear their uniforms to work after a spate of incidents.

One intensive care nurse at Royal North Shore hospital, the NMA said, was assaulted after boarding a train while wearing her scrubs, while another was screamed at in Coles when she stopped on her way home to get dinner. (Read more from “NSW Nurses Told Not Wear Scrubs Outside of Hospital Due to Abuse Over Coronavirus Fears” HERE)

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